A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'tours'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
toursOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42416
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 98.4 7 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tours in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
s gaan on anither wan o hid's tours, on page 64

1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ates tae the city (twa muckle tours), the cathedral, an the city on page 3

1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
We wer oot wee Stonehaven sea tours a year ago a rare day https:/(2020)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ower the fresh graves. Watch tours sprang up an war staffed by l
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
cam swoupin ower the tours o Tornes. But its wame the Cr
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
b honest - thae silent disco tours look a right jolly - have fu (2020) twitter link

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
an artists fun they could mak tours o the fouth o clubs that haed on page 56

1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
ie a stane dis it tak tae mak tours,
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
reend Donald Smith took a few tours roun the centre o Embra. The on page 125

4 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wis the lang holidays atween tours o duty. Plus the totty size o
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
n wi thae people, tae huv the tours, the recognition, flash, flas on page 3

1 matches

General Central

@billykayscot tweeted
Onybody mind o gaun Mystery Tours on buses? At ma grannies in B(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
tours faw
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
a postcard o Henry McNeill's tours an an image o an oul jauntin on page 58

1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
fur pattèrn heirskip waakin tours, an Ulstèr-Scotch pad, an Ul on page 50

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
orl' an' heft wi' promotional tours bae oor bes' bans, artists, s on page 8
talent elsewhere an heft wi' tours bae oor bes' bans, artists, s on page 43
* Design tours fer Ulster-Scots curns. on page 53
Inglan tae encourage peckage tours. on page 66
ncourage visits an' organised tours. In simmer on page 672

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